Gordon Stetz is Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of McCormick & Company, Inc. His responsibilities include Controllership, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Planning and Analysis, Internal Audit and Financial Shared Services. He is also a member of McCormick’s Management Committee and chairs the Company’s Investment Committee. In January 2011, he was elected to McCormick’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Stetz joined McCormick & Company, Inc. in 1987. Prior to his promotion in November, 2007, Mr. Stetz had been Vice President of Finance and CFO of Europe since April 2005. Previously, he served as Vice President Finance and Administration for the U.S. Consumer Products Division, Vice President of Acquisitions and Financial Planning, and Assistant Treasurer Shareholder Services. During his career, Mr. Stetz has provided financial leadership during the implementation of SAP in the U.S. and Europe, the restructuring and transformation of the European business, the financial evaluation and integration of the Zatarain’s acquisition in the U.S., and the implementation of Financial Shared Services in the U.S. and Europe. In addition, he oversaw the acquisition and integration of Ducros and participated in the overall corporate strategy development. He is an Emeritus member of McCormick’s Multiple Management Board.
Born in Neptune, New Jersey, Mr. Stetz is a graduate of Bucknell University with majors in Economics and French and has an MBA from the University of Michigan with a major in finance and interest in accounting. He is a CPA in the state of Maryland. Prior to joining McCormick, Mr. Stetz worked at General Foods and Citicorp U.S. Card Products Group.
Mr. Stetz is a member of the Board of Directors of Port Discovery, the Children’s Museum of Baltimore, and on the Board of Trustees for the B&O Railroad Museum. He is a member of AICPA, MACPA, FEI, Phi Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Sigma.